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demi-toilette

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Dress that is elaborate but less so than full dress.

uncountable

Examples

The morning had been one of great fatigue, so that but few of the court were admitted; and Anne of Austria herself was in that demi-toilette so favourable to the twilight of beauty. She wore a loose dress of gray silk, edged with black, and fastened with loops of pearl.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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